#The Jerk

[thepunkpanther]

Bernadette Peters in THE JERK (1979) dir. Carl Reiner

[koolaidashley]

Love is…….visually impaired !!! 😁

[vintage-tigre]

[randomluck-ofthe-universe]

memories from New York..

#february 2020

when you're madly in love with your jerk..

#their things ❤️

[housepilled]

cameron saying in the jerk that she cares about house as much as wilson does...and she's canonically in love with house...so that must mean that wilson is [gunshot]

[peachdues]

me, writing new scenes/editing for Chapter 2 of Compass bc I realized I had next to no scenes from Reader’s POV:

Me, getting mad at Sanemi while I write from Reader’s POV:

[hotandfunnywomen]

Bernadette Peters, The Jerk (1979)

[mad-prophet-of-the-airwaves]

Rest in peace, M. Emmet Walsh (1935-2024).

[oddberryshortcake]

HE MADE ME GET HIM AT 100 😭😭😭😭

[ninertenny]

[oldshowbiz]

who wore it better

[hitchell-mope]

I like it when he’s a bastard.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

"You gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?"

At the age of nine, Bernadette Lazzara from Queens, New York obtained her Actors Equity Card in the name "Bernadette Peters" to avoid ethnic stereotyping, with the stage name taken from her bread delivery truck driver father's first name. Steve Martin and Peters were in a personal relationship during production of "The Jerk" (1979). The part where Navin licks Marie's face during their first date was completely improvised. Peters' reaction was genuine. Martin's favorite moment of the film, as he detailed in his 2007 memoir "Born Standing Up," was the scene in which he and Peters sing "Tonight You Belong to Me." Martin felt the moment was touching, and waited in anticipation at the film's premiere screening in St. Louis. Unfortunately, much of the audience left during the scene to buy more popcorn. Peters won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for "Pennies From Heaven" (1981, below), also starring Martin. Of her performance, John DiLeo wrote that she "is not only poignant as you'd expect but has a surprising inner strength." Pauline Kael wrote in "The New Yorker": "Peters is mysteriously right in every nuance." Kael further noted that "the dance numbers are funny, amazing, and beautiful all at once; several of them are just about perfection." Martin was offered the role of Rooster in "Annie" (1982). He turned it down when he heard he would be working alongside Peters. They were breaking up at the time, and Martin felt it would be too painful to work with her for several months.

[Classic Stars]

[itcanbefilmed]

The Jerk (Carl Reiner, 1979)

[colbertt]

Steve Martin as NAVIN JOHNSON THE JERK (1979) dir. Carl Reiner

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